Crossword Puzzle Number 5253 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An accidental happening.
4. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
9. A French abbot.
13. How long something has existed.
14. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
15. Set down according to a plan.
16. Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism.
18. Offering fun and gaiety.
19. Relating to or characteristic of Jainism.
20. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
22. The square of a body of any size of type.
23. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
26. By bad luck.
28. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
30. Of southern Europe.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.
36. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
37. A state in northwestern North America.
39. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
40. The bill in a restaurant.
41. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
43. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
45. Before noon.
47. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
52. Tag the base runner to get him out.
54. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
58. A city in central southwestern Iran.
61. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
62. Having branches.
65. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
66. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
67. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
68. An audiotape recording of sound.

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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. Largest known toad species.
3. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
4. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
5. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
6. A card game for 2 players.
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. The cry made by sheep.
11. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
12. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
17. Squash bugs.
21. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
24. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
25. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
27. The basic unit of money in Albania.
29. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A festival featuring African-American culture.
42. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
44. Fallow deer.
46. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
51. The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work.
53. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
55. In bed.
56. A Loloish language.
57. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
59. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
60. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
63. 1/1000 gram.
64. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.

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